CBS Cheers Leftist Actor Sacha Baron Cohen's role as Commie Abbie Hoffman

Scott Whitlock | January 22, 2021
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[See NewsBusters for more.] To tell you how out of touch CBS journalists are, they eagerly promoted leftist actor Sacha Baron Cohen’s role as a violent communist agitator without the slightest hint of controversy. This is just weeks after a violent riot at the Capitol. Talk about tone deaf. On Friday’s program, the hosts gushed over the “brilliant” “revolutionary” Cohen, known for mocking conservatives with Borat. Now, Cohen is starring as 1960s radical Abbie Hoffman. Hoffman, a “loudmouthed communist,” was found guilty of inciting a violent riot at the 1968 Democratic Convention. Yet, co-host Anthony Mason sanitized the radical as one of the “political activists who were put on trial for their anti-Vietnam war demonstrations at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.” Offering his version of a compliment, he praised the actor: “In many ways he's very similar to you.

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